Harlequins vs Glasgow Warriors Prediction: Warriors to win battle of Britain

With the opportunity to finish top of Pool 4, Glasgow Warriors will be eyeing an upset when they head south of the border to the Twickenham Stoop to face Harlequins in the European Rugby Champions Cup on Saturday night (20:00, Premier Sports 1).

Alex Jack delivers his best bet for the clash in London, as well as all the essential team news and match odds for the big game in his Harlequins vs Glasgow Warriors prediction.

European Championship Cup Odds

Team News

Starting with the hosts, Fin Baxter, Jack Walker and Titi Lamositele start in the front-row, with locks James Chisholm and Stephan Lewies behind them.

The back-row consists of Chandler Cunningham-South, Jack Kenningham and skipper Alex Dombrandt, while Will Porter and Marcus Smith start in the half-backs.

Ben Waghorn and Oscar Beard are the centres, with a back-three made up of Cadan Murley, Nick David and Tyrone Green.

As for Glasgow, Jack Dempsey will make his first Glasgow Warriors appearance since October when he lines up in a back-row that includes fellow Scotland stars Rory Darge and Matt Fagerson.

Rory Sutherland, Johnny Matthews and Zander Fagerson start in the front-row, with Euan Ferrie and Scott Cummings in the engine room.

There are five Scotland internationals named in the backline, with Jamie Dobie and Tom Jordan in the half-backs, skipper Stafford McDowall and Huw Jones in the centres and a back-three of Kyle Rowe, Sebastian Cancelliere and Josh McKay.

Match Odds

Harlequins are the 4/7 favourites to make home advantage count and win on Saturday night, while Glasgow are 6/4 to head back north of the border with the victory.

A draw at the Twickenham Stoop this weekend is available at 20/1.

Glasgow to win @ 6/4

Glasgow will certainly miss Scotland skipper Sione Tuipulotu in the centres, but apart from that this is a very strong Warriors side making the trip to London this weekend.

Tuipulotu might not be featuring, but he has spoken about the mood in the Glasgow camp in the build-up to this game at the Twickenham Stoop and has said the Warriors are looking to get one back on Quins after being knocked out of the Champions Cup by the Premiership outfit last season.

Harlequins, who have won one of their three Champions Cup games so far this term, have hardly made The Stoop a fortress this season, with Bath and Bristol Bears winning there and Leicester Tigers claiming a draw in their last Premiership home game.

Quins conceded 48 points against Bristol and 34 points against Leicester in their last two home outings in the Premiership and, with that sort of defensive record, Glasgow look to be good value at 6/4 to take advantage and win this battle of Britain on Saturday.

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